nice light at Stonehenge this afternoon

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We had a full @uclarchaeology.bsky.social lecture theatre last night when we welcomed @chrisbstringer.bsky.social with the brilliant @radicalanthro.bsky.social. Chris revisited his 1993 book, with Clive Gamble, In search of the Neanderthals. Now 30 years on things are so much more complex. 🦣🏺

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They also span half a century in time. Each book reflects language then widely considered appropriate for the time and the age group. No more narrow or particular than anything else …

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As with all books presented out of their time or their context, you have to be careful not to make glib assumptions or stereotype. I think people forget how harshly the “common sense” of our own time will be judged in the future  

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Here is a nice autumnal picture of campus from this morning to celebrate the fact I can now call myself... Senior Lecturer!

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